VELOCITY PERFORMANCE IN RAMAC 90 MULTISTAGE EXPERIMENTS
VELOCITY PERFORMANCE IN RAMAC 90 MULTISTAGE EXPERIMENTS
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RAMAC 90 多级实验中的速度性能
DOI:
10.2514/6.1998-3447
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发表时间:
1998
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通讯作者:
M. Henner
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作者:
J. Legendre;M. Giraud;M. Henner
Investigations are carried out at ISL on the highest velocity performance experimentally obtainable in smooth-bore ram-accelerators in the thermally-choked propulsion mode and for methane-based mixtures at an initial pressure up to 5MPa. Therefore, two demonstrators, 30mm and 90-mm-caliber respectively, are operated in the launch room of the Aeroballistic Range Facility. Both demonstrators are designed to allow the simultaneous use of up to three different combustible gaseous mixtures either in the upgraded 90-mm-caliber facility - RAMAC 90-, along a 24-m-long (267 calibers) ram-section, or in the 30-mmcaliber facility - RAMAC 30-11 -, along a 9m-long (300 calibers) ram-section. This paper is aimed at presenting the state of ISL studies concerning the gas mixture staging in the thermally choked propulsion mode. Whatever gas mixture staging experimented so far in the RAMAC 90 (fuel-rich methaneoxygen mixtures diluted in various amounts of either nitrogen or helium), velocity limitation relied on the magnesium alloy used for the projectile afterbody, i.e., from the leading edge of the fins to the base. Such projectiles equipped with magnesium-alloy afterbodies did not allow to overtake the velocity of 2km/s or a time length spent in the ram-section over 1 Oms before unstarting, i.e., combustion zone overtaking the projectile. Accordingly, a new projectile configuration has been designed which would allow both to enhance its resistance to ablation/eros ion compared to that of total magnesium-alloy projectile afterbody and to allow a net thrust higher than that achieved with pure aluminum-alloy projectile afterbody. The new ISL's RAMAC projectile design fitted with semi-combustible afterbody is disclosed, based on the use of an aluminum afterbody fitted with a magnesium section at its rear base. This rear part is dimensioned so that it is mostly burnt-out when the projectile exits the RAMAC muzzle. First experimental results conducted with such projectiles are presented with a 2-mixture configuration in the RAMAC 30-11 facility. Values of net thrust obtained with this type of projectile appeared most promising for experimentations in RAMAC 90 facility.